Risk factors for acute kidney injury at presentation among children with CNS malaria: a case control study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recent research has established that acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common problem in severe paediatric malaria. Limited access to kidney diagnostic studies in the low resources settings where malaria is common has constrained research on this important problem.

Methods

Enrolment data from an ongoing clinical trial of antipyretics in children with central nervous system (CNS) malaria, CNS malaria being malaria with seizures or coma, was used to identify risk factors for AKI at presentation. Children 2-11 years old with CNS malaria underwent screening and enrollment assessments which included demographic and anthropomorphic data, clinical details regarding the acute illness, and laboratory studies including creatinine (Cr), quantitative parasite count (qPC), quanti

SUBMITTER: Tembo D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9624036 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature